O Espião Que Veio do Futebol: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in Lisbon in 1941, during the height of World War II, neutral Portugal has become a hotbed of international espionage. Cândido de Oliveira—a former national football team player, co-founder of the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola, and former manager of the Portuguese national team—uses his public fame, sporting travels, and media access as a cover to set up an anti-fascist intelligence network code-named Britânicos. Operating on behalf of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) under the nose of Salazar's Estado Novo secret police (PVE), he works to smuggle intelligence and assist refugees, leading to his eventual arrest, torture, and imprisonment at the Tarrafal concentration camp in Cape Verde.

Series details

• Title: O Espião Que Veio do Futebol
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller, History
• Premiere date: 2026-09-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-09-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTP1
• Network country: Portugal
• TVMaze ID: 94546
• IMDb ID: tt38916751

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-09-15; final listed air date 2026-09-17; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from O Espião Que Veio do Futebol on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.